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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1918
Page
12
The page mixes household recipes and fashion notes. It describes tomato and carrot marmalades with citrus mix and gives steps for green tomato marmalade. It also notes winter wardrobe details recommending a velvet turban as an essential accessory and mentions public attitudes on daily chores, democracy, and food administration regulations.
A brief article discusses the role of the honor system in hospitality venues. It notes how hotels and restaurants rely on guest and staff integrity for practices like incidental charges, tipping norms, and service quality. The piece highlights community standards and practical challenges.
The article quotes Leon Catstand and Professor BE Romer discussing Jewish roles in pogroms in Poland and wartime Poland. It notes claims Jews pushed for international citizenship, beli eved motives include political rights, and mentions Polish government opposition to two nationalist claims. The piece discusses alleged Jewish food and arms roles under German occupation and asserts pogroms arose from disputes over supplies and alleged aims to revive Ukrainian power, with limited deaths and mixed Polish-Jewish attitudes in Lemberg.
Provo December 16. Brigham Young University has filed formal application to become a unit for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in case the government adds military training in schools. If approved, ROTC guns and calls will be used by the new unit. A regular army officer would join the faculty to teach military subjects and drills, with students deciding whether to enroll and no compensation for the officer. Board and lodging to be provided.
President Wilson commuted the ten month county jail terms and fines of Fred Dato and Julian Trena for attempting to smuggle arms into Mexico. Dato is brother in law to Col Estaban Cantu, military governor of the northern district of California. The men were free on bail pending appeal.
New York December Frazee owner of the Boston Americans declares he will drive Ban Johnson out of baseball but would sell the club at a price within thirty days if offered. He says Johnson’s criticism stems from personal spite and insists on managing his business without Johnson. Frazee also claims to have arrested gamblers at Boston park and that authorities will stamp out gambling as a menace to the national game.
A Los Angeles memory recalls a major Western stock flotation led by Mr. Emerson in the North American Copper Company. The deal, tied to a high frontier mining era, involved a sheep herder origin story, $20,000 in sales before value was proven, and widespread nationwide certificates. Emerson, Idaho Paris resident, promoted the scheme and authored works on mining and frontier life.
Mrs Math Miller Nelson wife of Joseph Nelson manager of Saltair Beach resort died at her Salt Lake home after a severe cold developed pneumonia on arrival from a Chicago trip. Born September 9 1883 in Salt Lake she was educated in local schools and the University of Utah. Survived by husband three sons and daughter two sisters and a brother funeral arrangements announced later.
Health officials in Brigham City tonight partially raise the influenza quarantine. All places of business may reopen but dance halls and large social gatherings remain restricted. Mask rules are eased to only sick rooms and areas crowded with influenza patients.
Fragmented OCR notes urge support for the Red Cross and morale by knitting, urging continued duty as soldiers rest. It promotes knitting with red velvet and gold embroidery as a decorative yet practical keepsake for war effort.
Ambiguous notice outlines ten day quarantine and health officer discretion for screenings. It mentions partial views limited to thirty minutes and range evaluations. Schools will shift to December AL and teachers will be dine vieitad fe WO HiThetian symptoms. Unclear details on detection and student safety practices.
In Salt Lake City three deaths were reported yesterday with victims named as Jotun Hullis 36, Herd Serleven 6, and others from West Street and Weaver Sired. Health officials said state board orders require enforcement of new health regulations and bans on infernal hazards.
Salt Lake native Ray Van Cott Maulven is reported killed in action in France. Parents, four brothers, and four sisters mourn him. Corporal Elmer M. Fischer of the Seventy-seventh Infantry is wounded and convalescing in France.
An assassination attempt on Governor Sarrant of Indo-China is described with disputed accounts. The attack near the governor’s right side is linked to wartime agents and administrative tensions involving Desvignes and tachinery of Tongkin. The report notes strained relations and security concerns surrounding the governor’s stance.
Miya Brown of Grand View died at 3 o'clock in the morning after contracting influenza. Her husband Dean Drown, and her parents Mr and Mrs Sorenson of Vineyard, along with siblings, attend as the funeral is set for Wednesday with the cortege leaving from the establishment at O14 Torys A Sun at 1 o'clock.
MINEOLA New York December 11 Lieutenant James Gans of Haenthurst Ueki achieved a record flight to Washington despite dense fog and landing twice for adjustments. Under AA and Colonel Harmon he completed the trip in two hours and fifty minutes, best under ideal conditions two hours. A separate compass flight from Buffalo to Hazelhurst Meld covered about 450 miles in three hours and thirty minutes.
A message received by Captain Gordon Snow proposes that selective service boards record conversations, home interviews, and similar events to preserve the King interest incidents within city records. The note emphasizes maintaining official documentation for the national army and cites Provost Marshal General Crowder and US draft executive officers for Utah.
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